Experience

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  Transamerica

  • United States
  • Financial Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director, Operational Risk Management

    • Mar 2024 - Present

  • Senior Manager, Operational Risk at Transamerica

    • Feb 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Manager, IT Risk Management

    • Jul 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Manager, Operational Risk

    • Jan 2019 - Jul 2021

    • Building relationships across Workplace to embed risk culture• Oversee two direct reports providing support and guidance to create career development opportunities• Design and implement Risk oversight role for RTS working with Risk leadership and Transformation Office• Create key risk indicators using RTS Wave data and PowerBI to analyze data

  • Lead Operational Risk Analyst

    • Mar 2017 - Dec 2018

    • Created methodology for assessing large third party outsourcing transactions• Analyzed potential third party relationships within Project Chess by performing risk assessments and due diligence reviews among other various second line activities• Worked with business to implement Outsourcing and Supplier Risk Policy

  • Senior Risk Analyst

    • Apr 2016 - Feb 2017

    • Enhanced reporting processes and deliverables by working with business owners and stakeholders• Led ad hoc initiatives to support financial statement audit• Educated team members on risk concepts

  • Senior Operational Risk Analyst

    • Jan 2015 - Mar 2016

    • Built relationships with business owners to gain insight on current risk environment• Reported on risk environment by analyzing risk issues events along with breaches of key risk indicators• Managed Scenario Analysis process including delegating work and reviewing results• Performed in-depth analysis of processes and created meaningful, actionable reporting

  • Operational Risk Analyst

    • Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

    • Assist in development of a map of significant operational risk processes, focusing across functions, departments, and locations.• Assist in performing risk control self assessments. This entails determining process objectives, working with the process owner(s) & other specific subject matter experts to identify risks, identify the existing controls, rank the residual risk/exposure (based on likelihood and impact), and review and monitor the execution of action plans that are deemed appropriate to reduce the risk/exposure to an acceptable level. Facilitate RCSA workshops.• Assist in implementation and monitoring of Key Risk Indicators ("KRIs"). This is accomplished through gathering an inventory of current metrics, determining the most significant risks that require monitoring, establishing KRIs for the most significant risks in each significant process, and gathering data for reporting to be done on these KRIs.• Assist in recording/monitoring the Operational Loss Database. This entails capturing pre-defined financial, operational, inefficiency and increased reputation losses across multiple locations and lines of business, and, under certain circumstances, developing and deploying action plans to mitigate/ eliminate a reoccurrence of the loss.

  • Auditor

    • Jun 2010 - Oct 2013

    • Responsible for scoping, planning, researching, executing, and reporting of audit projects using internal audit methodology.• Assisted external audit with planning audit procedures and coordinating internal/external audit relationship.• Analyzed processes to ensure appropriate controls exist to mitigate risk.• Provided field training, coaching, mentoring, and performance evaluations for staff assigned on projects.

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  University of Northern Iowa

  • Accounting Assistant for the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center

    • Jan 2009 - May 2010

    • Balanced monthly budgets using Microsoft Excel.• Allocated expenses to budget reports by researching invoices and statements.• Balanced daily transaction reports by comparing the actual amounts to the reports in the ticketing system.• Used QuickBooks to update invoices and statements.